I was going to put Ron Paul on the scooter and point out that the kick stand was down. However there are some lines that even I won’t cross.
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I was going to put Ron Paul on the scooter and point out that the kick stand was down. However there are some lines that even I won’t cross.
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first, oh yeah!
Its snowing in Aberdeen, WA again. Be headed to Vegas at the end of the week…I will be glad to get out of this weather!
Have a Great Day LST!
Ron
from the online publication “this is true” http://www.thisistrue.com
ANOTHER EMPTY SUIT: Dean Hrbacek, the former mayor of Sugar Land, Texas,and now running for the U.S. House of Representatives, mailed acampaign brochure to voters. Those who looked closely could see that inthe photo of the candidate, his head didn’t quite fit on the body,which is noticeably slimmer than Hrbacek’s. Campaign officials admittedthe Republican’s photo was faked — they had a nice head shot ofHrbacek, but not a full-length photo needed for the brochure, so theypasted his head on someone else’s body. (Houston Chronicle) …Votersare well used to politicians who don’t have their heads on straight.
ooooops! LOL
Ron
Goood moooooorrrnin’, LST™
/let’s see what kinda trouble I can get into today
Some good news today. Somebody is starting to get it in Washington.
“In a shift with profound implications, the Bush administration is attempting to re-energize its terrorism-fighting war efforts in Afghanistan, the original target of a post-Sept. 11 offensive.”
“There is growing recognition that the United States risks further setbacks, if not deepening conflict or even defeat, in Afghanistan, and that success in that country hinges on stopping Pakistan from descending into disorder.”
“Privately, some senior U.S. military commanders say Pakistan’s tribal areas are at the center of the fight against Islamic extremism; more so than Iraq, or even Afghanistan.”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22867626/
Moornin’ Mike, amazed that MSNBC would say anything positive (which isn’t really a positive article they way they structured it–but for them, well…), better check temp in H+ll.
Box skipper….
BL: Gotta hate the box skippin’ these folks support.
/mornin’ sqauwk, love ya’
Hi my name is John Mc Cracker, please vote for me. Look at Hillary Clackton and Barrack Hussein Obama all of us are what the big money chose for you to vote for, didn’t we do a good job?
We wanted to see if you voters could select the least harmful candidate - can you figure it out or will you skip the box?
Happy voting!
Squawk, you used such restraint when posting this photo!
Good Morning ya’all.
I recommend everyone do a spa day at the Houstonian, just the fresh cantaloupe juice alone, will cure what ails ya. And, yes, there were a few men in robes all day too.
AW: was that you in the picture with the Deport Sutton sign?
It occurred to me overnight just who it is I am PO’ed at. I have been blaming the Republican party leaders for the sad choses we have for candidates. But the establishment put Rudy out there and worked the system to force him in but it apparently is not going to work.
We had Duncan Hunter and Fred Thompson, why are they out and why is McCain still strong? The moderate Republican voter. The blue blood elitists have never let full bore conservatism be tried, they were Reagon’s leash too, and tell us we have to have them to win. Well they need us too and I think I’m ready to prove it. I’m tired of being held back.
Suggestions on how to do it other than sc+wing ourselves with HRC?
Kent, go to yesterday’s pictures. I posted some remarks there, Yes, it’s me.
Lock your keys and wallet AW, thats where Edd’s keys, then car, were stolen.
Cool, now I can out name to picture, might recognize if we ever meet
Kent perhaps a brokered convention. I don’t know how delegates are chosen. If you can get there, and it’s a brokered convention, you will have a say, in whose chosen.
sc+wing?? I don’t know what I will do, but a variation of Squawk’s “call your party reps, many people are going to skip the box”, I say let it be known to the moderate Republican voter know, you better not bring McCain.
Screwing
Ourselves
GJT, I rode down there with someone. I’m afraid of the toy train and all the construction……. so I avoid that mess.
In the meantime, I’ll listen to the Generals whose boots are on the ground:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/23/ap/cabstatepent/main3743711.shtml
BTW;
The spring offensive that did not materialize last year got the same kinds of dire predictions from the Media before it didn’t materialize. You know, the same folks who told us we’d alreadylost in Iraq.
The actual shift in policy is this:
http://www.startribune.com/nation/14165521.html
Keep us up to date, Sarge, thanks
Oh you already went, I misread. I don’t like dealing with the train either but I ain’t skeered. Besides no chose, I work the med center all the time.
GJT, Ree-C posted pics of the event on yesterdays posts.
Have a great all, outta here with very full day, may see this PM.
Adios
OH;
And the central thrust of the training will be centered around employment of the same counter insurgency tactics that General David Petreaus is using in Iraq.
Sarge, don’t you think the MSM is just trying to rouse voters to fear of more war? ” Yikes Bush is going to kill more soldiers in Afghanistan?” That’s how it appears to me.
Kent, have a great day. Stay warm.
Mornin Blogospherians™
Whoa! SCHWEET Duo-Glide Squawkster! (at least I think that’s a Duo-Glide)
Looks like Ted Kennedy is going to endorse Obama! Their race is more fun to watch than ours!
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0108/8134.html
Afghanistan and Iraq are now safer than Pakistan, more good things bad to Mike S.
AW;
It certainly looks like that’s what MSNBC is aiming for.
Every year about this time, they and others claim that we’re on the verge of losing in Adfghanistan, and blame that on our being in Iraq.
Now, of course, Anbar province, which used to be where US Marines were stationed in Iraq doesn;t need anywhere near as many Marines today as they did a year ago because peace has broken out, so we’re able to send 3200 of them to Afghanistan.
Which is lkely to help support this:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/24/terror/main3750895.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_3750895
it;s also what’s behind the widely beleived rumor that General Petreus’ next duty assignment will be NATO Commander. NATO is responsible for fighting in Afghanistan.
You know, the folks who the Democrats and the media say won’t help us in the War on Terror because Bush made our allies hates us.
But like I said—they told us we’d already lost in Iraq.
Ahhhh–
Just gimme a big old hot steaming pile of Government Run Health Care–just like England’s:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/27/nhs127.xml
I guesss I’ll be OK until I get old enough that the gummint decides I’ve gotten to the point where it’s too expensive to keep me alive—–
#6 KentBook says;…better check temp in H3ll.
It just froze over.
http://site.steelcityauctions.com/hellfo.jpg
Mornin all, another day that God has given to us.™
The Dimwit primary is more fun to watch. Because they rely so heavily on minorities, all the “cards” get played and we get to watch the fall out. On one side we have HELLary, the “insider”, playing the gender card and on the other side we have Obama, the “outsider”, playing the race card. Is there any one out there who doesn’t think Obama won South Carolina with the “race card”?? Let’s see if the rest of the Dimwits can reel these two clowns in before the ruin the party and their chances in other political races.
I wonder if Bill Clinton will be as adamant in his support of Barack as he is Hillary after Barack gets the nomination.
37 Robert
The last thing Barack wants to do is play the race card. Hill and Bill have played it, not Barack. It’s a sure loser for him to play it.
I womder if McCain or Romney will try to play it in the general election like Bill and Hillary have in the primaries….
Izzy
One has to wonder if either of the Dimwit candidates would have gotten this far purely on their qualifications and abilities. In HELLary’s case, were it not for her last name being “Clinton” and the fact that she is a woman, would she be getting any attention. In Obama’s case, were it not that he is African-American, would he be getting all this attention. HELLary claims all this experience but won’t release her and Bill’s White House records to prove it. Obama has the potential to being another “flip/flopper” because he seems to always vote “present” on legislation so you don’t know what side of the issue he is on. Actually Edwards would be a better candidate with his pretty hair and good image except for the fact that he is an “ambulance chaser”. So what is a Dimwit to do in this primary season.
The Republicans get to see Clinton war machine work but probably already knows how ruthless it can be when trying to get back to the White House. When will the Dimwits see that the Clintons are in it for themselves and not the party.
Surprisingly, I agree with you.
Neither will. But I can guarantee that some liberal mouthpiece will. It’s in their DNA to scream racism when nothing else is working. The real test will be if Obama joins in the “crying wolf” that will surely come. Let’s hope not. He is after all the candidate of “change” ; - )
It hit me yesterday like a ton of bricks. Handsome Son is no baby any more. I’ve known for a long time, intellectually, that he’s almost an adult. THAT is hard to miss, actually. He’s almost six feet and works out almost constantly to be ready for sports. He’s large, hairy, eats a lot, and grunts - the very definition of a teenage boy. Yesterday he was playing in a church league game and came down wrong on his ankle. I was preparing for my CCE class when a mom looked at me and said, “What’s wrong with your baby?” (I had jokingly referred to him as such just a few minutes earlier.) I jumped and ran to my son, writhing on the floor in pain. As I tried to get him to roll over and give me access to his leg, it really hit my heart just how big he was. This was NO baby! Where did the time go? And how did I ever grow something like THIS?
Keep HS in your prayers. He’s learning to used crutches (fortunately, I had a pair from when I broke my leg). He won’t be able to play for a while, which may make him cranky on top of everything else. We’re hoping it’s just a bad sprain. He can move his ankle in circles, it just hurts like the dickens. He is sporting a rather decorative bruise on the outside of his ankle now.
12 Good Job Tim
Actually, it is not the Republican Moderate that will win the Presidential Election, but rather it is the Moderate/Independent non-aligned voter that will win the election.
It sounds like you would like to uninvite them from the party and lose the election in the same stroke. This is a strange strategy! Normally, most candidates are trying to get all the votes that they can.
Mssrs Thompson, Brown, and Tancredo are no longer in the running because they ran lousy or underfunded campaigns. Notice…I did not say they were stupid, wrong, bad-people, or not qualified. They just could not sell the Republican voters for a variety of reasons. Politics is a sales job and the most important thing in a sales job is letting the prospective client know “what is in it for me”.
None of these guys effectively communicated that singlular idea to the Republican electorate. If they could not win a Republican primary…do you think they would have had a ghost of a chance in a general election?
Simple
Mornin’ emmek and all- Have a good one!
Start the day with a smile…the rest of it will go much better….
1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
2. Don’t worry about what people think, they don’t do it very often.
03. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian anymore than standing in a garage makes you a car.
04. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
05. If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you’ve never tried before.
06. My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
07. Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
08. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
09. For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.
10. If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.
11. Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of cheques.
12. A conscience is what hurts when all of your other parts feel so good.
13. Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.
14. Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it.
15. No man has ever been shot while doing the dishes.
16. A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
17. Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.
18. Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.
19. Junk is something you’ve kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it.
20. There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
Just in case some of you young whippersnappers (& some older ones) didn’t
know this. It’s easy to check out, if you don’t believe it. Be sure and show
it to your kids. They need a little history lesson on what’s what .and it
doesn’t matter whether you are Democrat of Republican. Facts are Facts!!!
Our Social Security
Franklin Roosevelt , a Democrat, introduced the Social Security (FICA)
Program. He promised:
1.) That participation in the Program would be Completely voluntary,
2.) That the participants would only have to pay 1% of the first $1,400 of
their annual Incomes into the Program,
3.) That the money the participants elected to put Into the Program would be
deductible from Their income for tax purposes each year,
4.) That the money the participants put into the Independent ‘Trust Fund’
rather than into the General operating fund, and therefore, would Only be
used to fund the Social Security Retirement Program, and no other Government
program, and,
5.) That the annuity payments to the retirees Would never be taxed as
income.
Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and are Now receiving a
Social Security check every month — And then finding that we are getting
taxed on 85% of The money we paid to the Federal government to ‘put Away’ –
you may be interested in the following:
————————————————————-
Q: Which Political Party took Social Security from the Independent ‘Trust
Fund’ and put it into the General fund so that Congress could spend it?
A: It was Lyndon Johnson and the democratically Controlled House and Senate.
——————————————————————–
Q: Which Political Party eliminated the income tax Deduction for Social
Security (FICA) withholding?
A: The Democratic Party.
———————————————————————–
Q: Which Political Party started taxing Social Security annuities?
A: The Democratic Party, with Al Gore casting the ‘tie-breaking’ deciding
vote as President of the Senate, while he was Vice President of the US
——————————————————————-
Q: Which Political Party decided to start giving Annuity payments to
immigrants?
AND MY FAVORITE:
A: That’s right! Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Party.
Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65, Began to receive Social
Security payments! The Democratic Party gave these payments to them, Even
though they never paid a dime into it!
———————————————————————-
Then, after violating the original contract (FICA), the Democrats turn
around and tell you that the Republicans want to take your Social Security
away!
And the worst part about it is uninformed citizens believe it!
39 Robert1
The biggest “flip-flopper” this time ’round is Mitt.
The Dems are figuring out the Clintons.
I watched Barack’s victory speach in South Carolina Sat night. He’s the real deal. The Clintons are running scared and are very dangerous now
40 hamous
I hope one of the liberal mouthpieces doesn’t start hollering racism. It will only hurt Barack’s chances. Look for mischief from both sides..
He’s the real deal, alright.
#44
TAN
Some parts of it are true.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/sschanges.asp
#46 Hammie: Hee hee. That was funny.
#44 Taking a Nap: You might want to read this, shugg:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/sschanges.asp
Had a little mishap in the neighborhood yesterday. Some kids were 4 wheeling and one girl ended up in a deep ditch. (same one that I met when I missed the deer and same one that the 3 crooks met when they were evading the police not too long ago.) Lifeflight landed in my neighbor’s yard to take her to the hospital. My horses were even interested. They watch the whole thing and chased the helicopter down the back pasture when they left. I know she has broken ribs, possibly other broken stuff. Trying to find out if she’s o.k.
Have a great day. Be careful. It’s a jungle out there!
Off to x-ray Handsome Son’s ankle. I have spent waaayyy too much time in doctor’s offices and emergency rooms over the last two years. Not looking forward to his at all.
The “race” card will be played along with the “gender” card by someone, either within the individual camps or outside but they will be played. For the Republicans sake, maybe some of the Dimwits will be turned off by all the dirty politics and not vote. Although I’m not thrilled with my options on the Republican side, I’m still “ABD”–Anybody But a Dimwit!!!!!
I would recommend those Urgent Care places instead of the ER. My girlfriends daughter passed out at work so she took her to one of those places (that her insurance accepted) They got there a little before 9pm, ran all kinds of tests plus a catscan and was home by 11pm. Her co-pay at the ER woulda been $300 plus hours of waiting to be seen. Her co-pay at the other place was $75 and was seen right away. These places are popping up all over.
Well McCains definitely going green - Mexican Green
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/chavez052898.html
52
Wrong link? Confused?
McCains gathering rabid pro green (the libertatd party of Mexico) supports in key positions like 3rd in command - chief advisor running his campaign right now
the Mexican green party so to speak is the over the top pro colonize America bunch
and they are running John McCains Campaign
Perenichio is McCains cheif fund raiser the founder and President of Univision
Gee, if I in Doha and those idiots at stale air can figure this out
How did thew NYT’s miss it
I mean if the President of the CBN was Huckadud’s chief fundraiser we would be hearing about it
If the President (May he rest in Peace) of the Mormon church was Romney’s chief fundraiser we would certainly be bombarded with it
But hey, radical militant hispanics in the number 2, 4, and 5 slots in McCains staff
not a peep
oh well
bend over texas
Rename the Rio Grand to the highway to hell
Eric,
Don’t worry….Hillary and Obama are busy playing a spirited gave of race cards.
McCain and Rommney are busy trying to pin the “L” word on each other.
Ordinarily, one would have to go to a circus to see this many clowns.
Simple
I am watching Teddy Kennedy endorse Obama-rahma-ding-dong.
He looks like he’s been off the bottle for at least a month. Maybe a little Botox, too.
Isn’t there a TTC meeting somewhere tonight? If so, is anyone planning on attending?
51 ST - You are so right about the neighborhood ER clinics. The one at FM 2920 and Kuykendahl is great. When the wife fell and broke stuff they saw her right away……had a great doctor and it went fast. Never going to ER at a hospital again.
59
southerntragedy
TTC meeting tonight in Bellville (40 miles west of Hwy. 6) at The Austion County Convention Center.
Yes, I am going to be there.
61
Austin* County
This is much better to watch then Teddy Kennedy. Everyone needs to check this one out since the Super Bowl is coming up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qTiYA1WiY8
Directions to TTC meeting tonight in Bellville:
Scroll down to ‘flashing link’ for map:
http://www.austincountyfair.com/acfair.htm
Good commentary today:
“Influenced by our subsequent experience in Iraq, we see al Qaeda as some specific organized force to be found, fixed and defeated. Al Qaeda, of course, is not one thing, and its manifestation in Iraq is quite different than Pakistan, just as it is different in London or Madrid. This misunderstanding originally influenced our turning our back on Afghanistan to fight in Iraq, and in deferring to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to police his own country, even though we knew that those tribal border areas (and not Iraq) were the true wellspring of Islamic extremism.”
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2008/01/dont_open_a_third_front_in_pak.html?nav=rss_blog
It really doesn’t matter how good we do anywhere for Mike S. We’re loosing…just take his word for it. Can you imagine him in charge of public information during WW2 during these disasters:
Pearl Harbor
Wake
Philippines
Guam
Tarawa
Kasserine Pass
Pelileu
West Loch Pearl Harbor 21May1944
Iwo Jima
Battle of the Bulge
Kamikazes
German U Boats sank 6 million tons of shipping off the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts from December 1941 to December 1943 - approximately 600 ships. They even went up the mouth of the Mississippi River and sank ships.
The Mike S’s of the world continually look for the bad news. We will never be able to change them.
Mike, take a real good look at this:
http://www.nps.gov/archive/cowp/Timeline.htm
Very few victories, and tons of defeats for the colonists, right through 1780 when we lost 1/3 of the Army (the entire Southern forces) at Charleston. There were very few victories. Yet we still won our independence. Now how did we manage to do that?
Because we DIDN’T FRIGGING QUIT, REGARDLESS OF THE ODDS. That’s how we won.
Since there are no Jesses or Als, who speaks nationally for the Hispanic. And whose endorsement would the Dimwits need, to get the Hispanic vote. My guess is that HELLary gets the Hispanic vote because of the tension between Hispanic and blacks. It is going to be interesting when the immigration problem gets debated, how the parties stand. I guess we’ll have to wait until the convention to get the party’s platform.
On a different topic:
This clown was 13 when he and an 11 year old killed 5 kids in a school shooting in 1998.
http://real-us.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080128/ap_on_re_us/jonesboro_shooter
The state was going to let him go in 2004, but the Feds managed to keep him locked up until his 21st birthday in 2005…he spent a whopping 7 years behind bars for 5 murders. This was the kid who stole the guns from his grandfather’s home.
According to Melanie Wiggins’ Torpedoes in the Gulf: Galveston and the U-Boats, 1942-1943, a total of 24 U-boats attacked ships in the Gulf of Mexico……Total losses to these U-boats in the Gulf of Mexico were 56 ships sunk and 14 damaged.
http://www.pastfoundation.org/DeepWrecks/OtherU-boats.htm
Robert, Hillary goes after the Hispanic vote in the general election by picking Richardson of NM. Hispanics don’t tend to vote much in the primaries, and she knows that. She definitely has a problem with the black vote in the primaries since she’s running against Obama. And she doesn’t dare accuse blacks of voting for him just because he’s black. So she’s dependent on the white liberal vote. I don’t know if she has enough to win on that.
Today in History
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http:\\history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihVideoCategory&id=6790
Shannon, and that’s just the Gulf of Mexico. Does that website give tonnage sunk? At an average of 10,000 tons, that would be 560,000 tons sunk. It took months for FDR to figure out to black out the coast line so our ships wouldn’t show against coastline.
#74 Big45Iron
Nearly 600 U.S. Merchant Marine ships were sunk and over 6,000 USMM sailors were killed or taken prisoner of war during WWII. In fact, in 1942 alone, 39% of the entire US merchant fleet was sunk, mostly in the North Atlantic.
Just found out Louie Welch had died and came here to read his eulogy but couldn’t find it, that’s a shame.
My funny for you guys……………….:lol:
#10. You can trade an old .44 for a new .22.
#9. You can keep one gun at home and have another for when you’re on the road.
#8. If you admire a friend’s gun and tell him so, he will probably let you try it out a few times.
#7. Your primary gun doesn’t mind if you keep another gun for a backup.
#6. Your gun will stay with you even if you run out of ammo.
#5. A gun doesn’t take up a lot of closet space.
#4. Guns function normally every day of the month.
#3. A gun doesn’t ask , ‘Do these new grips make me look fat?’
#2. A gun doesn’t mind if you go to sleep after you use it.
#1. YOU CAN BUY A SILENCER FOR A GUN!
#76
NAT PIERCE
Your memo said for you to write the eulogy. We have been waiting.
Sorry Nat, I wasn’t familiar with Louie. He was before my time in Houston. I believe Jim McConn was mayor when I moved here. Then Tootsie forever. Thank God for term limits!
74 Big45Iron
No tonnage given at that site.
Nat, Welch was the last good Mayor Houston had. I remember when he and Herman Short cleaned up the offshoot of the Black Panthers - Peoples Party II -down at Dowling and Tuam. I got out of there just before the shooting started when I was working the weekend down at Douglas Elementary School on a construction job. That was a Sunday, 26Jul70. At about 4 PM I looked up at the church steeple over towards Dowling and Tuam, and saw a white male in a business suit in the steeple with a scoped rifle. I told my dad I think it was about time we got out of there. As we left the member of People Party II were in the street taking donations at gunpoint. They thumped on the car as we drove by and refused to give. Needless to say my Dad was a bit upset. For weeks prior to this the Peoples Party II had been terrorizing black shopkeepers in the third ward who refused to give to them, setting several of their businesses on fire.
Short and Welch told them for over a week to put up their guns and demonstrate peacefully. When that didn’t work they went in and cleaned house, killing Carl Hampton the leader and several others. I recall them busting into one room full of firearms and hearing one black gentleman in the room loudly screaming he hadn’t done nothin!!
If I recall right, the police killed 4-6 of them that night, and that was the end of them terrorizing that neighborhood. Of course Quanell Tenth’s group will give you an entirely different read on that.
http://www.wintertexansonline.com/uboats.htm
from the “don’t TAZE me BRO” department…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNPxIibhcKY
81 Big45
I have a copy of the official HPD offense report of that somewhere on disc!!
Fasternu, if you happen to dig that up, I’d be curious as to how many of shops they torched down there. Those shop owners were so glad to get rid of those guys you wouldn’t believe it. Took some courage on their part to stand up to those thugs. When I went to Madison back in the 60s, we were 50% white, 25% black, 20% hispanic, and 5% other, and 100% tight knit regardless of color. 20 years later I was talking to one of my old classmates who was black and I asked him why we didn’t have the racial problems that other schools/places had. He said it was because we were too busy having fun.
82
Another darned government conspiracy. I ask you, where’s the outrage????!!!!
To prevent widespread panic, the U.S. War Department decided to keep the lid on the (U-Boat) threat,….
Shannon - it was all part of the Patriot Act you know, and George Bush’s fault. FDR and Bush didn’t want the people to know we were loosing the war. And what was with attacking Africa when we were at war with Germany and Japan? The Germans wouldn’t have been in Africa if we hadn’t supported the British. We created German’s in Africa.
87
/remind self to ask the (several)local WWII heroes that escaped German prison camps if they’re worried about wiretaps on U.S. citizens suspected of terrorist activities
Some liberal would still support a lawsuit by German POWs stating they were denied their due process rights during WW2.
Interestingly too, there was a German POW camp at Roswell, NM. That could explain both the tin foil hat and the white supremecists aspect of Ron Paul’s campaign.
http://www.southernnewmexico.com/Articles/GeneralInterest/NewMexicosprisonerofwarca.html
#86 DJ was right. Government/Media Complex.
For those who care: I have returned with Handsome Son. He will not be tearing up the court any time soon! He has a grade 2 sprain (don’t ask me what it means - I just know he can’t put any weight on it, and it’s not broken). His Achilles tendon is fine. Our doctor is great - not only does he have a background in ER work, the foot/ankle is also a specialty of his. AND he and his staff are considerably more aware of our wallet limits than most other doctors!
HS has a detailed rehab schedule, which will drive him abso-freaking-lutely nuts, since he won’t be able to move much for a while. At least he’ll be able to recover and play again - the injury isn’t as serious as the school nurse thought it would be. Of course, if we hadn’t gotten her wrap off his ankle when we did, he could have lost a few toes to gangrene. I don’t have a medical degree, and I could tell the thing was on too tight!
TedTam, keep him off of TV and video games. Make sure he has books to read to exercise his mind!!
He is reading “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” right now. It’s on Mom’s required reading list.
What, not the Audacity of Hope??? ; - )
Excellent news Tedtam…..I can assure you he will not stop eating while rehabilitating lol.. Your big baby…… it’s hard to get your mind around, isn’t it?
Wait until your big baby is 38 and 6′4″ with three boys. Try getting your mind around that!!
HELLary is in for one heck of a balancing act, trying to get the white vote by doing “something” about the immigration problem and trying to get the Hispanic vote by doing “nothing” about the immigration problem. The Republicans have already lost most of the Hispanic vote so they can, hopefully, speak out against immigration problem (and probably do nothing about it).
Robert, I’ll bet Duncan Hunter’s support email dried up real quick after he endorsed Huck.
Adee keeps asking about the Huckabee endorsement. Has anyone seen anything official? Or, am I just blind, dumb, and out of the loop?
#99 Hunter didn’t have any delegates so it really wasn’t big news.
Tedtam, Wait until your baby is grown and has a romantic relationship with a girl who breaks his heart. The Momma Bear instincts kick in and you will have to sit on your hands to keep from strangling her…
#99 Hamous, I thought of you after I posted that comment, and wondered if you would ignore the last few descriptions lol.
Liz, that goes for daughters too. My sis is going through it now with her daughter, and of course, my kiddo had her first turn at heartbreak.
AW, I save all my ridicule up for Rombies and Daniel ; - )
#99 Didn’t know about it either AW. Just knew Deputy Dawg (Chuck Norris) was backing Huckleberry Hound (Mike Huckabee). Sorry, I usually don’t stoop so low with the names but that image is stuck in my head…
Adee if you are around…… I found it. In Duncan Hunter’s own words.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tcmPE7xh7c
There isn’t a single thing on his website or myspace page to back up that endorsement. There was a comment from someone else, asking him to endorse Huckabee, but that’s all. I’ve contacted both places for an answer. Nada word.
I’ll letcha know something when I find out.
You can look for yourself. I’ve got dialup.
http://www.myspace.com/duncanhunter
#105 AW: Didn’t think to find it on youtube. DOH!
Thanks! Will listen to it at work tomorrow.
This is amazing. Showing how much conservatives disdain Ron Paul, in the annoying poll, he is tied with the total given for man boobs/beer bellys AND tattooed people combined!
99 aw
There’s a loop?
#81 Big45Iron
The Summer of 1970
Huey Newton, leader of the Black Panthers is released from prison in California on August 5th. It was front page news in SanFrancisco. Two days later, the 17 year old brother of Panther George Jackson entered the courthouse in San Rafael and armed three other inmates there where his brother, George was on trial. They kidnapped a judge and DA, but three of them and the judge ended up dead in a shootout.
I was sitting in a pizza parlor in the Sunset District of San Francisco that evening with friends watching a ball game. I was 18 years old and my two buddies, Floyd and Frank, were much older and black. News bulletins broke in on the TV that one of the Panther fugutives from the shootout was in the Sunset District on the run. Suddenly, it seemed like there were a thousand police cars in the street. All the cops were in riot gear. A photo of the fugitive flashed on the screen and he was an absolute identical twin for my friend, Frank. He was terrified he would be shot. The guy who owned the Pizza place locked the door and put up the closed sign.
He lent us a car and Floyd and I drove him to his grandmother’s house which had an apartment in the basement where he could stay until it all blew over. We took him food for the next several days.
On August 29th, cops had a shootout in Philly with Black Panthers and one officer was killed.
BTW, my friend Floyd Don White was the guy who co-wrote and produced the recording, “A Hundred Pounds of Clay”.
Don’t forget Angela Davis’ part in that:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Davis
During the summer of 1970, Davis had become involved in Black Panther efforts to garner support for the imprisoned George Jackson, Fleeta Drumgo, and John Clutchette, known as the “Soledad Brothers” (after Soledad Prison, where they were incarcerated). On August 7, George’s brother, 17-year-old Jonathon Jackson, along with two others, disrupted trial proceedings in an attempt to assist the escape of friend James McClain from the Marin County Hall of Justice. McClain was on trial for an alleged attempt to stab an officer. In the courthouse, the three stood up from their seats and, at gunpoint, directed everyone to freeze. They then led the judge, the prosecuting attorney, and several jurors into a van parked outside. As the hostages entered the van, Jackson and the others were reported to have shouted, “We want the Soledad Brothers freed by 12:30 today!”. During the escape attempt, Jackson and accomplice William Christmas were killed in a shootout with police. Judge Harold Haley was killed by his captors with a shotgun taped to his throat inside the van. Prosecutor Gary Thomas was paralyzed by a police bullet during the incident.
A shotgun used by the escapees was registered in Davis’s name, i